Friday, January 31, 2014

It was Schultz who pointed out that his colleagues' plans to siphon
tax dollars into private schools, even as they slash funds for public
education, means setting up two parallel school systems.
"How conservative is that?" Schultz said recently. "We are trying to duplicate something we already can't afford."
Schultz also objects to the generally sour tone toward teachers, and
what he calls "loose talk" in the Capitol that our public schools are
"failing."
"Failing schools, hell," he said at a recent public forum. "Would you
like to take me and show me, in my district, where are the failing
schools?"
Schultz, like most Wisconsinites, takes pride in his local schools and
feels warmly toward the teachers who look after the children in his
community. Contrast that with the barrage of right-wing attacks on
teachers and public education generally this week during National School Choice Week.